Behavioral paternalism raises deep concerns that do not arise in traditional welfare economics. These concerns stem from behavioral paternalism's acceptance of the defining axioms of neoclassical rationality for normative purposes, despite having rejected them as positive descriptions of...

The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on multiple levels, from the abstract and conceptual to the pragmatic and applied. Behavioral paternalism relies on a needlessly restrictive...

Introduction: grave thoughts on the dismal science / by Glen Whitman and James Dow -- Soulless mates -- Human girls and vampire boys, Part 1: looking for Mr. Goodbite / by Glen Whitman -- Human girls and vampire boys, part 2: 'til death do us part / by Glen Whitman -- Apocalyptonomics -- Packing...

"The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on multiple levels, from the abstract and conceptual to the pragmatic and applied. Behavioral paternalism relies on a needlessly restrictive...